The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1985 Page: 1 of 18
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Cupid Comes Early!
Man 92, Woman, 88
See wedding photo, page 5
Mental Illness Statistics
Offer Shocking Insight
See story, page 7
It's Tax Time Again!
Anyone for Tea?
See story below, page 14
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The Cherokeean
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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper-Established As The Cherokee Sentinel, February 27, 1850
Vol. 135, No. 50
Thursday, January 24,1985—Rusk, Texas 75785
14 Pages
Court To Decide
Oakland School Issue Monday
Whether a 3.9 square mile area in
the Oakland area will be ajoined to
the Rusk Independent School
District or will remain a part of the
Maydelle School District will be
decided Monday when the Cherokee
County Commissioners meet at 10
a.m. in the Cherokee County Cour-
troom at Rusk.
The meeting is expected to draw
quite a crowd as some 100 persons
gathered Dec. 22,1984, in the county
courtroom for a public hearing con-
cerning the proposed annexation.
The asking for the annexation of
the area to Rusk ISD began in July
1984 when a group, headed by
James Raiborn, asked the Rusk
ISD Board if the area would be ac-
cepted by the school district in the
event the commissioners saw fit to
approve the proposal. The Rusk
school board postponed a decision
on the matter until the August 1984
meeting. They then agreed that the
area would be accepted as a part of
the Rusk ISD in the event it was ap-
proved by the commissioners court.
The matter was presented to the
commissioners and the hearing
scheduled. Actual de-annexation
and annexation óf an area from one
school district to another can only
be made by the commissioners
court of the county where the
property in question is located.
Raiborn and supporters of the ac-
tion say that there are some 56
students living in the 3.9 square
mile tract. Of those 56 students,
some 36 are said to already attend
school in Rusk. Supporters of the
move say that since the majority of
the students are already attending
school in Rusk, they think that the
Rusk ISD should benefit from the
tax revenue from the area.
The original petition to ask for the
consideration contained signatures
of 70 persons. There are 95
registered voters in the Oakland
area.
Maydelle ISD has $15 million in
appraised taxable property value.
Some $1 million or 6.9 percent is in-
cluded in the proposed move.
Maydelle will lose around $155,000
in tax revenue and taxpayers in the
Oakland area will increase their
school taxes by 47 percent.
Current tax rate for Rusk ISD is
79 cents, compared to 53.5 cents for
the Maydelle ISD.
However, Raiborn said at the
public hearing last month that they
were there to secure broader
education programs for their
children and to pay taxes to the
district that educates them.
Resignations from Peace Justice
Jack Phillips, Precinct 2 and Con-
stable Gerald Germany, Precinct 2,
are expected to be considered at the
Monday meeting of the Cherokee
county commissioners court.
Phillips, of Alto, has served as
Justice of the Peace since June 13,
1978, when he was appointed to fill
an expired term. His resignation is
effective Feb. 15.
Germany was elected in Novem-
ber to the constable position and
began his duties on Jan. 1. His
resignation is effective as soon as it
is accepted by the county com-
missioners.
Applications for the two positions
will be considered at a special
meeting of the county com-
missioners court on Feb. 4. Persons
living in Precinct 2 are only eligible
to be considered for the positions.
The JP position pays $1,217.16 mon-
thly and the constable salary is
$1,388.56 monthly. Appointments
are until the next general election.
In other upcoming matters, coun-
ty commissioners will consider bids
for a county depository at the Feb.
11 commissioners meeting. The
commissioners will designate a cer-
tain amount of county funds on
deposit with the county depository
from time to time as Time Deposit
and those funds on deposit with
depository not so designated as
Time Deposits will at all times be
considered Demand Deposits. The
commissioners will also consider at
the Feb. 11 meeting the selection of
a depository for the county Trust
Fund.
'Round Town
With Mrs. Roundabout
Early in this new year, greetings
were sent from a friend including a
one-frame cartoon. The character
sketched said, "I gotta be me.
Everybody else turned down the
job." And in return for that good
laugh, here is another for you, and
my Friend Clark: "Uncle Itchy
says that at his age he would be
happy if he could only burn the can-
dle at one end...and he would settle
for just getting it lit!"
Now that's about all the humor
you'll read here today. It's too cold
for funny thoughts. And when your
face is frozen, it hurts to laugh!
What is this weather doing to us?
Saturday afternoon many, and I
mean many, of our state's citizens
went about their business in lovely
sunshine and temps In the 60s and
70s. Sunday morning we awakened
to find our thermometers at Just
about the predicted drop of M
degrees!
This ia a shock to one's body
thermostat I And a shock to the
systems which provide our heat I
And to complain is to violate my
basic bellef- we can't change it, so
therefore we might as well accept It
and U possible, enjoy the indoor en-
trapment!
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geaerate mm|I eaergy to keep Dm
metabolism getag. We are, yea
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away INai ike "AN Akm#' eafl
«Mea «wo—el frailáis Isa «le
And it's just about that many
days until the annual Cherokee
County Junior Livestock Show will
be held. Time marches on regar-
dless of the weather!
•See ROUND TOWN, p. 14
Deadline Is Near
For Payment of Property Taxes
Taxpayers, who do not pay their
property taxes before Jan. 31 will
be charged an extra 7 percent on all
unpaid taxes, according to Sid Dan-
ner, Chief Appraiser of the
Cherokee County Appraisal
District.
Danner says the 1984 property tax
statements were mailed to tax-
payers last October and are now
due. Taxpayers were extended a
deduction for early payment
The Cherokee County Appraisal
District collects taxes for the City of
Rusk, and the Rusk, New Summer-
field, Troup and Jacksonville
School Districts. These taxes can be
paid by mailing to P.O. Box 494,
Rusk 75785 or by taking them by the
CCAD office at 107 East Sixth,
Rusk. Tax statements should be en-
closed to insure proper credit.
County taxes are to be paid at the
County Tax assessor collector of-
fice in the county courthouse at
Rusk or at the Jacksonville Sub-
Station
Taxes for other taxing units are to
be paid at the various tax offices
Persons, who own property in the
various tax district and who did not
receive a tax statement for 1984,
should contact the Cherokee County
Appraisal District Collection
Department at 214-683 2296 for
taxes due the City of Rusk, Rusk,
New Summerfield, Troup and
Jacksonville School Districts The
Cherokee County Tax office should
be contacted at 683-5478 concerning
county taxes and the various tax of-
fices for other property taxes
Taxpayers are responsible for
payment of property taxes, regar-
dless of whether they receive a
statement or not
Officers Reelected
By CCAD Board Thursday
Watching the Ball
Alan Akin, no. 21 and Jody Jordan, 12, wait and watch to see if the
ball goes through as the Rusk Eagles took a 44 to 42 win over the Lin-
dale Eagles, (See stories, p. 13, photos p. 14.) -photo by tracey jared
Joe Terrell has been re-elected
chairman of the Cherokee County
Appraisal District Board. Also re-
elected at the Thursday afternoon
CCAD board meeting was Grady
Singletary as secretary. Terrell
represents the Rusk Independent
School District and the City of Rusk
on the board and Singletary is
Cherokee County's representative
on the board.
Rotarian Receives Award
Dr. Leon C. Hallman of
Nacogdoches, director of Con-
tinuing Education and professor of
Geography at Stephen F. Austin
University and the nominee for
Rotary District 591 Governor, was
guest speaker at the last week
Rotary luncheon meeting. While
here, Hallman made the presen-
tation of a Paul Harris Fellow
Award to Rusk club member Dr.
James A. Hunter.
Dr. Hunter, a native of McLennan
County, Texas, graduated from
West High School, Baylor Univer-
sity and the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston. He
interned at John Sealy Hospital,
Galveston ; was a commissioned of-
ficer with the U.S. Public Health
Service until his retirement in 1967.
He is now a staff member of Rusk
State Hospital, a past president of
the Rusk Rotary Club, and a former
Rotarian at Cape Moy.N.J.
Dr. Hunter served in several
areas of U.S. Public Health Ser-
vices, and was involved in the
World War II Invasion of Guam,
and also served as a medical officer
on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Nor-
thwind on the Byrd Navy Antarctic
Expeditions during 1946 and 47.
He was instrumental in getting
iluoride in the toothpaste, after
making experiments proving
benefits to be derived, which in-
cludes the prevention of dental
cavities. He also has been a mem-
ber of the Rusk Independent School
Board for the past 11 years.
Dr. Hallman gave a short talk on
the Rotary Foundation, the Paul
Harris Fellow project-one of the
five faceted programs sponsored by
Rotary International. He com-
plimented the Rusk Club for con-
tributing $1,000 on behalf of Dr.
Hunter in making him a Paul
Harris Fellow.
Dr. Hallman was elected as
District Governor Nominee at the
District Conference in 1984 and will
take office on July 1.
Guests attending the meeting
were RotaryAnns Marge Hunter
and Katherine White; and Lucy
Ann Murphy, daughter of the Hun-
ters, and her six weeks old son
David Lucas
In another matter, board mem-
bers re-appointed Frank Howell of
Rusk and Billy Ray Johnson of Alto
on the CCAD Review Board. Their
terms, that expired this year, are
for two more years. Term of the
third member of the review board.
R L Wood of Jacksonville, expires
in 1986.
The board selected First State
Bank of Rusk as the agency's
depository The bid from the bank
was the only one received
An amendment to the agency
retirement system by-laws was ap-
proved by the board. Sid Danner,
chief appraiser, said actually the
amendment only rewrote the
retirement document
A contract with the Rusk ISD was
approved The agency approved the
moving of the mimeograph
machine to the school office With
this move, the school system will
take over the management of the
machine and allow the agency use
•See CCAD, p. 14
County Gets DHR Aid
$8.4 Million Received in 1984
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Dr Ijm
The Texas Department of Human
Resources has reported that
Cherokee County received some
$8,430,163 during 1984, according to
information received by County
Judge Robert McNatt.
McN'att says that the state total
for welfare payments is
$2,022,933,545 That figure does not
include $216 million paid to the state
schools and $300,000 to the chest
hospital.
The report shows that $5,589.892
went for medical assistance for the
aged and disabled in Cherokee
County Another $748.198 was
designated for medical assistance
for families and children The coun-
ty food stamp value was $1,644,009
and the Aid to Families of Depen-
dent Children payments for the
year totaled $448,064
Registration Ends Friday
Deadline for submitting an ap-
plication as a contestant in the Miss
Texas State Railroad Scholarship
Pageant is Friday, according to Sue
Zane Robinson, chamber secretary
Five applications have already
been received at the chamber of-
fice
The pageant, the fint for the
area, is scheduled for March 2 and
ia sponsored by the Rusk Chamber
of Commerce
Peggy Womack is chairman of a
committee directing the event
Other members of the commute*
are Jean Bryant. Lester Hughes
Stephanie Caverna*. Mr* Robinson
and Bill Lindley
Location for the event will be an
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the official Miss Texas Pageant and
official Miss Texas judges will
judge the contestants
Those to participate in the
pageant must be 18 by July 1 and
cannot be older than 26 All must be
attending school. They must be
residents of Cherokee County or be
attending school in the county Con-
testants will be judged in swim suit,
evening wear and talent com-
petition
In conjunction with the pageant, a
Junior Miss Texas State Railroad
Pageant will be offered for girls U
to 17 Girls in this pageant «UI be
judged in evening wear and i
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